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Synonyms for show
Synonyms for show: appearance, display and demo. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for show
Interchangeable with show, one per sense
Audited under show's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one show carries in that sense.
- appearancenoun, in the sense "pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression"
- displaynoun, in the sense "something intended to communicate a particular impression"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name show as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- demodemo is a verb in the sense "give an exhibition of to an interested audience"
two of these come from show's own entries in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression
That ceremony is just for show.
The true synonym
appearance
Same sentence, swapped: That ceremony is just for appearance.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where show stands in the sentence above.
- school
- mannerism
- time
something intended to communicate a particular impression
A good show of looking interested.
The true synonym
display
Same sentence, swapped: A good display of looking interested.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for show in the sentence quoted.
- appearance
- expression
- illustration
Where show turns up in the game
show is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play show
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so show reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because actions is the company show keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. show carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.